{"id":"068791ed-c3dd-4ee5-811f-4a8013861770","name":"Tortuga AgTech","slug":"tortuga-agtech","description":"Tortuga AgTech was an agricultural robotics company that developed autonomous harvesting robots for greenhouse and vertical farming operations. Founded by Eric Adamson and Tim, the company raised $20M in Series A funding to build hundreds of harvesting robots. In 2025, [Oishii](/companies/oishii) Farm Corporation acquired Tortuga's IP, assets, and engineering team to supercharge its vertical farming operations with cutting-edge robotic harvesting technology.","status":"active","founded":2016,"hq":"Denver, CO, USA","hqLat":39.7392364,"hqLng":-104.984862,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:52:03.535Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"tortugaagtech.com","fundingTotal":"20000000","type":"hardware","roles":["robot_maker"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":77,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/harvesting-innovation-the-story-behind-tortugas-autonomous-harvesting-robots/","title":"Tortuga autonomous harvesting robots","date_accessed":"2026-06-23"},{"url":"https://oishiifarm.co.jp/blogs/news/20250325-tortuga-agtech","date":"2025-03-25","title":"Oishii Acquires Tortuga AgTech Technology-Related Assets","sourceName":"Oishii Farm"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Robot","value":"Autonomous robots that precision-harvest high-value crops such as strawberries and table grapes"},{"label":"Focus","value":"Hydroponic tabletop and greenhouse farming systems"},{"label":"Technology","value":"Picks with about 98% accuracy under single-person supervision"},{"label":"HQ","value":"US/German company headquartered in Denver, CO"},{"label":"Stage","value":"Acquired by vertical-farming company Oishii in 2025"},{"label":"CEO","value":"Eric Adamson (Co-founder)"},{"label":"Series A","value":"$20M"},{"label":"Oishii acquisition of technology assets","value":"Oishii announced its acquisition of Tortuga AgTech's technology-related assets, including robotics and agricultural automation capabilities ([Oishii and Tortuga](https://oishiifarm.co.jp/blogs/news/20250325-tortuga-agtech))","sourceUrl":"https://oishiifarm.co.jp/blogs/news/20250325-tortuga-agtech"},{"label":"Harvesting technology transition","value":"The Oishii announcement documents the transition of Tortuga AgTech technology assets into Oishii's indoor farming and robotic harvesting work ([Oishii and Tortuga](https://oishiifarm.co.jp/blogs/news/20250325-tortuga-agtech))","sourceUrl":"https://oishiifarm.co.jp/blogs/news/20250325-tortuga-agtech"}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-24T06:45:51.210Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T20:07:36.449Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tortuga-agtech","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tortuga-agtech","name":"Tortuga AgTech","description":"Tortuga AgTech was an agricultural robotics company that developed autonomous harvesting robots for greenhouse and vertical farming operations. Founded by Eric Adamson and Tim, the company raised $20M in Series A funding to build hundreds of harvesting robots. In 2025, [Oishii](/companies/oishii) Farm Corporation acquired Tortuga's IP, assets, and engineering team to supercharge its vertical farming operations with cutting-edge robotic harvesting technology.","identifier":"068791ed-c3dd-4ee5-811f-4a8013861770","foundingDate":"2016","address":"Denver, CO, USA","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":2,"primary_source_types":["secondary-trade-publication"]}}}